Building Viksit Bharat from Ground Up: 12 Years of Panchayat Reforms and Innovation

• Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) review of a 12-year reform arc strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) as self-government units under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment.
• Anchors Viksit Bharat @2047 through grassroots digitisation (eGramSwaraj), property formalisation (SVAMITVA), capacity-building (RGSA), and Finance Commission fiscal devolution.
• UPSC relevance: GS-II (devolution, local governance), GS-III (rural development, digital governance) — recurring Prelims hit on SVAMITVA, RGSA, FC grants.